[6.1] What's new tour for Joomla 6.1

administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/6.1.0-2026-02-25.sql

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+-- disable autostart for the previous tour
+UPDATE `#__guidedtours` SET `autostart` = 0 WHERE `uid` = 'joomla-whatsnew-6-0';
+
+INSERT INTO `#__guidedtours` (`title`, `description`, `extensions`, `url`, `published`, `language`, `note`, `access`, `uid`, `autostart`, `created`, `created_by`, `modified`, `modified_by`) VALUES
+    ('COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_TITLE', 'COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_DESCRIPTION', '["com_cpanel"]', 'administrator/index.php', 1, '*', '', 1, 'joomla-whatsnew-6-1', 1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), 0);
+
+INSERT INTO `#__guidedtour_steps` (`title`, `description`, `position`, `target`, `type`, `interactive_type`, `url`, `published`, `language`, `note`, `params`, `created`, `created_by`, `modified`, `modified_by`, `tour_id`)
+SELECT 'COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_STEP_0_TITLE', 'COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_STEP_0_DESCRIPTION', 'right', '#sidebarmenu nav > ul:first-of-type > li:last-child', 0, 1, '', 1, '*', '', '{"required":1,"requiredvalue":""}', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), 0, MAX(`id`)
+FROM `#__guidedtours`
+WHERE `uid` = 'joomla-whatsnew-6-1';

administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/postgresql/6.1.0-2026-02-25.sql

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+-- disable autostart for the previous tour
+UPDATE "#__guidedtours" SET "autostart" = 0 WHERE "uid" = 'joomla-whatsnew-6-0';
+
+INSERT INTO "#__guidedtours" ("title", "description", "extensions", "url", "published", "language", "note", "access", "uid", "autostart", "created", "created_by", "modified", "modified_by") VALUES
+    ('COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_TITLE', 'COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_DESCRIPTION', '["com_cpanel"]', 'administrator/index.php', 1, '*', '', 1, 'joomla-whatsnew-6-1', 1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 0);
+
+INSERT INTO "#__guidedtour_steps" ("title", "description", "position", "target", "type", "interactive_type", "url", "published", "language", "note", "params", "created", "created_by", "modified", "modified_by", "tour_id")
+SELECT 'COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_STEP_0_TITLE', 'COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_STEP_0_DESCRIPTION', 'right', '#sidebarmenu nav > ul:first-of-type > li:last-child', 0, 1, '', 1, '*', '', '{"required":1,"requiredvalue":""}', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 0, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 0, MAX("id")
+FROM "#__guidedtours"
+WHERE "uid" = 'joomla-whatsnew-6-1';

administrator/language/en-GB/guidedtours.joomla_whatsnew_6_1.ini

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+; Joomla! Project
+; (C) 2026 Open Source Matters, Inc. <https://www.joomla.org>
+; License GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
+; Note : All ini files need to be saved as UTF-8
+
+COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_DESCRIPTION="<h1 class=\"fw-medium\">Welcome to Joomla 6.1!</h1><p>Joomla 6.1 introduces key improvements that make site building easier, safer, and more flexible. This tour gives you the essentials at a glance.</p><div class=\"row align-items-center mb-4 pt-4 border-top border-1\"><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-7\"><h2 class=\"mb-3\">Spam Protection is BACK with Proof-of-Work CAPTCHA</h2><p>No account or API required, privacy-friendly and accessible, this captcha silently solves math puzzles in the background, invisible to visitors.</p><p>To enable, go to <em>Extensions</em> -&gt; <em>Plugins</em>, search for <strong>captcha</strong>, enable and set as default in Global Configuration.</p></div><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-5 text-center text-md-start mb-3\"><img class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"media/com_guidedtours/images/6_1/captcha.jpg\" alt=\"The captcha states verifying and verified\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\"></div></div><div class=\"row align-items-center border-top border-1 pt-4\"><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-5 text-center text-md-start mb-3\"><img class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"media/com_guidedtours/images/6_1/workflows.jpg\" alt=\"Graphical representation of the basic workflow\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\"></div><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-7 mb-3\"><h2 class=\"mb-3\">Content Pipeline at a Glance with the Visual Workflow Editor</h2><p>Manage your content workflow more easily with the new interactive workflow diagram that allows you to see the entire publication process.</p><p>Enable Workflows in <em>Article Manager</em> -&gt; <em>Workflows</em> and look for the graph button.</p></div></div><div class=\"row align-items-center border-top border-1 pt-4\"><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-7 mb-3\"><h2 class=\"mb-3\">Three New Media Custom Fields: Audio, Video &amp; Documents</h2><p>When creating Custom Fields for your content, you can now let content creators attach any type of media, not just images.</p><p>The medias render as HTML5 &lt;audio&gt;, &lt;video&gt;, or document links (PDF, spreadsheets...).</p></div><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-5 text-center text-md-start mb-3\"><img class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"media/com_guidedtours/images/6_1/media.jpg\" alt=\"The three media fields audio, video and document\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\"></div></div><div class=\"row align-items-center border-top border-1 pt-4\"><div class=\"col-12 mb-3\"><h2 class=\"mb-3\">Smarter Modules with Versioning and Multilingual Associations</h2><p>Joomla has long had version history for articles. This same capability is now extended to modules.<br>If you run a multilingual website, you can now associate module instances across different languages, the same way you can associate articles across languages.</p><h2>Other Enhancements Worth Noting</h2><ul class=\"mb-3\"><li>Abbreviation <strong>&lt;abbr&gt;</strong> support in TinyMCE rich text editor, semantically correct and improving accessibility (look for the new Abbreviation button in the TinyMCE toolbar when editing content).</li><li>Language override status &amp; quick-create missing overrides UX improvements (status indicator, edit overrides easily).</li></ul></div></div>"
+COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_TITLE="What’s New in Joomla 6.1!"

administrator/language/en-GB/guidedtours.joomla_whatsnew_6_1_steps.ini

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+; Joomla! Project
+; (C) 2026 Open Source Matters, Inc. <https://www.joomla.org>
+; License GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
+; Note : All ini files need to be saved as UTF-8
+
+COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_STEP_0_DESCRIPTION="<h3>Joomla 6.1 Full Release Notes</h3><p><a title=\"Full release notes\" href=\"https://www.joomla.org/announcements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the full release notes on joomla.org</a></p><hr><h3>Help and Information</h3><p>Many resources to help you can be found here together with additional links to more resources, documentation, support and how to become involved in Joomla.</p>"
+COM_GUIDEDTOURS_TOUR_WHATSNEW_6_1_STEP_0_TITLE="More Information and Help"